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A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

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Plagiarism, as defined in the 1995 Random House Compact Unabridged Dictionary, is the &quot;use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. ... en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plagiarism

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The act of plagiarizing: the copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; Text or other work resulting from this act en.wiktionary.org /wiki/plagiarism

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plagiarize - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

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The act of copying any portion of another's work and representing it as your own, regardless of whether or not the work is copyrighted or in the public domain. It is unethical to do so, and if a copyrighted work is involved it can also be an infringement of property rights. ... www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/kids/kidantipiracy02.htm

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Copying someone else's work and pretending that you wrote it . www.justice.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberethics_glossary.htm

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Submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one's own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source. www.northwestern.edu/uacc/defines.html

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Failure to give the source of a quotation or paraphrase in which the language, thoughts, or ideas of another person are used as one's own. www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/ollc_glossary.phtml

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Passing off someone else's work as your own. You must follow certain guidelines to properly acknowledge the use of other people's ideas in your work. ... www.netnet.org/students/student%20glossary.htm